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J-Pop vs K-Pop

Posted on November 28, 2019 by bakatsundoku

I will not say that I am a huge fan of K-Pop, nor am I a huge fan of J-Pop, but I am more familiar with J-Pop than K-Pop.  But I find myself very impressed with the K-Pop groups I have seen.  The other day I saw a “Girls’ Generation”

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Uncategorized J-pop, Japan, K-Pop, Korea, music 15 Comments

When Reality Attacks

Posted on July 7, 2018September 6, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I have always found idol culture in Japan interesting, but partly because I sought to understand it.  I found this video which helped a little. These are several members of AKB48 who were in a contest with a bunch of Korean idols, and found themselves so lacking in comparison it

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Pop Culture AKB48, Fresh Lemon, idol, Ishikawa Miori, J-pop, Japan, K-Pop, Produce 48 Leave a comment

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